6/24/2009 @ 1:45PM

In Pictures: The Longest White-Collar Prison Sentences

No. 3: Frederick Brandau

Brandau, now 64, was convicted and sentenced to 55 years in 2001 for a $117 million Ponzi scheme through a viatical settlement firm he ran in Florida. The conviction and sentence have since been upheld. Brandau sits in the Coleman medium-security prison in Florida with a release date of Aug. 8, 2047.